http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2008/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Midwinter&feedformat=atomMidwinter2008 - User contributions [en]2015-08-02T21:51:33ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.24.2http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2008/index.php?title=New_Products_and_Publications&diff=2208New Products and Publications2008-01-25T13:39:50Z<p>Midwinter: </p>
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<div>'''''From Annick'''''<br />
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'''Torrie and the Snake-Prince'''<br />
by K.V. Johansen<br />
illustrated by Christine Delezenne<br />
* Silver Birch Award 2008 finalist, OLA<br />
* “The Year’s Best” List, Resource Links<br />
The moment Torrie meets the pedlar Wren, he knows her talents are destined for more than the beautiful ornaments she makes from scraps of wire and feathers. When Crown Prince Liasis is kidnapped and no one steps forward to attempt a rescue, both Torrie and Wren realize it’s time to act. And so the two pick up the trail, even as the prince—transformed into a snake and held captive by a sorcerer—plots his own escape by winning a friend among his captor’s goblin followers. Wren and Torrie travel through the mountains and into the Wild Forest, where they must deal with a goblin spy, an irate and deadly dryad, and the puzzle of Rookfeather the minstrel. And when they finally reach their goal, Wren discovers surprising truths about herself and the strangely powerful ornaments she makes to sell. Therein lies the secret to freeing the prince and making him human again.<br />
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'''''New From Mehring Books'''''<br />
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'''Leon Trotsky &amp; the Post-Soviet School of Historical Falsification''' by David North<br />
<br />
''A review of two biographies of Trotsky by Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher''<br />
<br />
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was the target of a vicious<br />
campaign of lies by the Soviet Stalinist regime, which<br />
culminated in his assassination in 1940. Nearly 70<br />
years after Trotsky’s death, long-discredited<br />
Stalinist falsifications are finding their way into<br />
mainstream academic literature. David North raises<br />
troubling questions about the integrity of the<br />
historical scholarship in these two recent<br />
biographies.<br />
<br />
“David North’s essay is a very impressive piece of<br />
work — detailed, meticulous, well-argued and<br />
devastating in its criticism. He has done a great<br />
service to Trotsky’s historical legacy.” <br />
Professor Baruch Knei-Paz, author of The Social and<br />
Political Thought of Leon Trotsky<br />
<br />
Mehring Books, 2007, ISBN<br />
978-1-893638-02-0, 96 pages, paperback<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Marxism, History &amp; Socialist Consciousness''' by David North<br />
<br />
This polemical essay defends the foundations of scientific socialism against pseudo-Marxist conceptions prevalent among various philosophical tendencies influenced by the Frankfurt School and contemporary neo-utopianism. <br />
Among the topics covered are the significance of the philosophies of postmodernism and pragmatism, the implications of the assault by modern irrationalism on the heritage of the Enlightenment, and the critical role of a historically-directed consciousness in the cognition and understanding of objective political reality. David North also offers perceptive evaluations of the works of such representative figures of neo-utopianism as Ernst Bloch, Hendrik de Man, and Wilhelm Reich.<br />
This work is vital reading for those who wish to gain a deeper insight into the chasm separating Marxism and the various academically fashionable ideological trends.<br />
<br />
Mehring Books, 2007 <br />
ISBN 978-1-893638-03-7, 152 pages, paperback</div>Midwinterhttp://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2008/index.php?title=New_Products_and_Publications&diff=2207New Products and Publications2008-01-25T13:39:23Z<p>Midwinter: </p>
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<div>'''''From Annick'''''<br />
'''Torrie and the Snake-Prince'''<br />
by K.V. Johansen<br />
illustrated by Christine Delezenne<br />
* Silver Birch Award 2008 finalist, OLA<br />
* “The Year’s Best” List, Resource Links<br />
The moment Torrie meets the pedlar Wren, he knows her talents are destined for more than the beautiful ornaments she makes from scraps of wire and feathers. When Crown Prince Liasis is kidnapped and no one steps forward to attempt a rescue, both Torrie and Wren realize it’s time to act. And so the two pick up the trail, even as the prince—transformed into a snake and held captive by a sorcerer—plots his own escape by winning a friend among his captor’s goblin followers. Wren and Torrie travel through the mountains and into the Wild Forest, where they must deal with a goblin spy, an irate and deadly dryad, and the puzzle of Rookfeather the minstrel. And when they finally reach their goal, Wren discovers surprising truths about herself and the strangely powerful ornaments she makes to sell. Therein lies the secret to freeing the prince and making him human again.<br />
<br />
'''''New From Mehring Books'''''<br />
----<br />
'''Leon Trotsky &amp; the Post-Soviet School of Historical Falsification''' by David North<br />
<br />
''A review of two biographies of Trotsky by Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher''<br />
<br />
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was the target of a vicious<br />
campaign of lies by the Soviet Stalinist regime, which<br />
culminated in his assassination in 1940. Nearly 70<br />
years after Trotsky’s death, long-discredited<br />
Stalinist falsifications are finding their way into<br />
mainstream academic literature. David North raises<br />
troubling questions about the integrity of the<br />
historical scholarship in these two recent<br />
biographies.<br />
<br />
“David North’s essay is a very impressive piece of<br />
work — detailed, meticulous, well-argued and<br />
devastating in its criticism. He has done a great<br />
service to Trotsky’s historical legacy.” <br />
Professor Baruch Knei-Paz, author of The Social and<br />
Political Thought of Leon Trotsky<br />
<br />
Mehring Books, 2007, ISBN<br />
978-1-893638-02-0, 96 pages, paperback<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Marxism, History &amp; Socialist Consciousness''' by David North<br />
<br />
This polemical essay defends the foundations of scientific socialism against pseudo-Marxist conceptions prevalent among various philosophical tendencies influenced by the Frankfurt School and contemporary neo-utopianism. <br />
Among the topics covered are the significance of the philosophies of postmodernism and pragmatism, the implications of the assault by modern irrationalism on the heritage of the Enlightenment, and the critical role of a historically-directed consciousness in the cognition and understanding of objective political reality. David North also offers perceptive evaluations of the works of such representative figures of neo-utopianism as Ernst Bloch, Hendrik de Man, and Wilhelm Reich.<br />
This work is vital reading for those who wish to gain a deeper insight into the chasm separating Marxism and the various academically fashionable ideological trends.<br />
<br />
Mehring Books, 2007 <br />
ISBN 978-1-893638-03-7, 152 pages, paperback</div>Midwinter